The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-05-18
Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. SIDI II. BROWNE,
or the South Carolina Conference
Has Been or Is to Be -. Which p
Rev. j. E. Edwards, ID. ID.

Rev. j. 4. EOW0rUS, -. II.
Some weeks ago letter from J. E. Ed
wards was published in the Raleigh
Christian Adyocate in which he spoke o
the cornoation of the Son thus: "Is i
not that Jesus is sooner or later to be
crowned Lord of all p 1t is coming
In the NEIGHBoR of April IA, we COPIED
these sentences and quoted few of the
many plain passages of Scripture to show
that the coronation had already taken
place, and expressed some surprise thai
such deliverance shonld proceed from
such source.
Wishing to be fair we sent DIR. Ed
wards copy of the paper containing the
criticism, rather suspecting at the same
time, that, if he noticed the criticism al
all it would be somewhat in an incidental
way, rather than, in nearly whole col
umn of the long and wide columned
Southern Christian AdUocdte.
If Doctor Edwards had stuck to the
text-held to the issue-and had not been
so numerically long, Gncluding right
hand and left-hand compliments toward
--"sidi H. Browne') his defence of the
defenseless might have been more appar-
ent, although others besides the other
"only man in the world" would have to
travel Gin a sort of Hypothetical way
to find ont the meaning of the prolific
and racy author-J. f. Edwards. He
says: "Perhaps I did know quite as
much as the learned Sidi H. Browne on
this particular subject and I suppose
that he, the aforesaid Sidi H. Browne,
had sense enough, at least, charitably to
believe that I did know, without his
quoting the Scriptures on me, that Jesus
Christ did rise from the dead, ascended
into heaven, and acas crowned-eHalted
to the right-hand of the Father-made
Lord over ALL" This declaration placed
by the side of, "Is it not that Jesus ls'
sooner or later, to be crowned Lord OF
alp It is coming" accounts for the
seeming 'unaccountable.'
Our brother seems rather to complain
that we quoted the Scriptures on him.
We did not know what better to do. He
in retaliation seems not to be able to do
better than quote hymn on us; and
sin sort of Hypothetical way" retire sing
ingofthe Coronation" as coming when
that wonderful transaction took place
more than eighteen hundred years ago.
The sentiment of that HYMN, beginning
"All hail the power of Jesus name," is
truly grand, and it would have been
quite in place for the redeemed to sing it
just preceding the Coronation ceremony
-"Sit thou at my right hand, until l
make thine enemies thy footstocl."
We had not supposed that much learn
ing was required in order to frame the
seemingly unacceptable criticism, yet DR..
Edwards applies ''learned' to US as
though it were something claimed by us
and acknowledged by others.
Yesterday morning a truly learned
gentleman stepped into our office-an old
newspaper man. During his short stay
he read DR.. Edwards article, and with
out any question from US said ne did not
admire the spirit of DR.. E's article, and,
as he was leaving, quoted these words
from Shakespeare:
81 am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my
mouth let no dog bark"
But to return and stop, we reckon that,
notwithstanding the aorong tense of that
hymn, "our Churches will continue to
sing it sin sort of Hypothetical way"